** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** Rights group Muslim Engagement & Development (MEND) have launched a new report The Great Debunk: Challenging Islamophobic Conspiracy Theories, which examines how false narratives about Muslims once limited to the far-right fringes have entered mainstream political,...
A 12-year-old thug involved in a brutal attack against the son of a Syrian refugee has been convicted of racially aggravated assault by the Manchester Youth Court. The vicious hate crime involving schoolboys took place on June 24 in Blackley, Manchester, when a gang of five attacked a...
“Rent-a-gob” Katie Hopkins has once again made the news for sharing Islamophobic remarks on her Twitter account. As reported by the Daily Star, the 42-year-old has attracted harsh criticism after posting a photo of six Muslim women wearing the niqab, with the caption: “Hey, beautiful...
Dunfermline Press reports that a man is to be sentenced after being found guilty of uttering racially offensive language at a takeaway shop owner in Kincardine, Scotland. Mark Davis, 31, acted in a racially aggravated manner towards Mohammed Khan, after he was told the shop did not do a particular...
Romford Recorder reports that a Muslim doctor has been racially assaulted by a motorcyclist as she was driving past Pettis Lane, Romford. Dr Naila Imran, 41, was in her car when the motorcyclist knocked off her wing mirror as he moved past her. When she caught up with him and pointed out the...
Following complaints made by MEND and others regarding the Times’ article “Christian child forced into Muslim foster care”, the newspaper regulator IPSO has announced that it will not be investigating third party complaints made under Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editor’s Code. Unlike...
The Metro and RT report that a man who posted a message on Facebook calling for his followers to kill all Muslims has been jailed for a year. Keegan Jakovlevs, a 22-year-old from Wrexham, posted the message after the Manchester Arena bombings in April. Following the atrocity, in which 22 people...
The Nottingham Post reports on the sentencing of a man who admitted smashing a mosque’s windows earlier this year. Martin O’Connor, a 49-year-old from Radford, admitted breaking the windows of Nottingham’s Masjid Umar Mosque and Islamic Centre, in Alfreton Road, with a hammer. The incident...
The Independent and Metro both report on a video showing a woman unleashing a racist tirade towards Muslims visiting a cemetery on Eid. The video was posted on a local Facebook group, which showed the woman shouting out of a vehicle to a group of Asian men: “F*** off! You f****** P****!” The...
Yahoo News UK reported an incident which involved an Islamophobic rant that took place on a tram in Sheffield. The incident was recorded by Victoria Hindle, 32, and has over 175,000 views on YouTube. In the footage, the unnamed individual claimed he was a Britain First and Tommy Robinson...
Although generally England is becoming more tolerant and open of people from different backgrounds, a major new study reported by the Independent has shown that ¼ of English people view Islam as a ‘dangerous’ religion. Particularly following the string of terror attacks in Westminster,...
